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Toronto Argonauts' Kevin Elliott, right, celebrates scoring a touchdown in Calgary on July 13. Elliott returns to the Argos for Sunday's game after being out with a rib injury. (Jeff McIntosh / THE CANADIAN PRESS)

They’ve been called everything from the Three Towers to the Big Three.

Toronto Argonauts rookie wide receivers Kevin Elliott, Vidal Hazelton and Tori Gurley come by their nicknames naturally. They each stand over six feet and dwarf most defensive backs in the CFL.

But being an elite receiver is more than standing tall.

Elliott, at 6-foot-3, Hazelton, at 6-foot-2, and Gurley, at 6-foot-4, also have slick moves and sticky hands. The rookie receivers have made the biggest impact on the team so far this season, accounting for more than half of Toronto’s receiving yards.

With Elliott back from a rib injury, the Big Three will be reunited on Sunday at the Rogers Centre when the Argonauts (5-2) host the Ottawa Redblacks (4-3).

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Without Elliott, Toronto put up its weakest passing attack all season as quarterback Trevor Harris was held to under 200 yards (168) for the first time.

Elliott’s physical gifts were evident early. At Colonial High School in Orlando, Fla., he set numerous records, including a leap of six-feet, 11 inches in the high jump.

The 24-year-old wide receiver is also a rather good juggler.

Elliott juggles three tennis balls every day to improve his hand-to-eye co-ordination. During training camp, his teammates challenged him to juggle three footballs.

“That was a first time for me,” Elliott said.

He got the bug when he saw a video of A.J. Green of the Cincinnati Bengals juggling to improve his co-ordination skills.

“It’s helped out a lot just having a feel for where the ball is,” Elliott said.

“You have to have strong fingers to catch the ball because you catch with your fingers, not your hands,” Elizondo said. “You have to have flexibility because sometimes you get only two or three fingers on a ball.”

Asked about the nickname for the three of them, Elliott says the three haven’t come up with a name that feels quite right yet.

“The Big Three is what everybody has been calling us,” Elliott said. “We’re kind of embracing it now.”

Elliott has dubbed the whole receiving corps “Pick your Poison.”

“If you man anybody up, or double anybody, it’s pick your poison,” Elliott said. “Whoever you want to throw the ball to, that guy is going to be open.”

Redblacks QB Henry Burris has his own fleet of talented receivers. He’s got a great connection with Greg Ellingson. They were teammates two years ago in Hamilton.

It was Burris who told the Redblacks to go after Ellingson this free agent off-season.

“The first thing I told them, ‘If you want the most underrated but best receiver in the league, you got to get Number 82 from Hamilton.’”

Ellingson is third on the team in receiving yards.

Burris is hoping last week was a blip when the Redblacks were routed 48-3 by the Calgary Stampeders. Burris was held to 114 yards and was pulled for Thomas DeMarco.

“I wasn’t forcing the ball or anything,” Burris said. “Their defence (Stampeders) did a good job of scheming things up, finding different ways to get pressure and really took away a lot of the things we were trying to do.”

NOTES: Running back Henry Josey has been put on the practice roster. Centre Jeff Keeping, linebackers Cory Greenwood and Thomas Miles have been taken off injury reserve and added to the 46-man roster.

Game Day

Ottawa Redblacks at Toronto Argonauts, Sunday at 4 p.m., TSN

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